Poetic EddaNorse MythologyAncient Myth / ComparativeOld NorseSharePoetic Edda 46Bellows - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableBellowsLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Poetic Edda 1Poetic Edda 2Poetic Edda 3Poetic Edda 4Poetic Edda 5Poetic Edda 6Poetic Edda 7Poetic Edda 8Poetic Edda 9Poetic Edda 10Poetic Edda 11Poetic Edda 12Poetic Edda 13Poetic Edda 14Poetic Edda 15Poetic Edda 16Poetic Edda 17Poetic Edda 18Poetic Edda 19Poetic Edda 20Poetic Edda 21Poetic Edda 22Poetic Edda 23Poetic Edda 24Poetic Edda 25Poetic Edda 26Poetic Edda 27Poetic Edda 28Poetic Edda 29Poetic Edda 30Poetic Edda 31Poetic Edda 32Poetic Edda 33Poetic Edda 34Poetic Edda 35Poetic Edda 36Poetic Edda 37Poetic Edda 38Poetic Edda 39Poetic Edda 40Poetic Edda 41Poetic Edda 42Poetic Edda 43Poetic Edda 44Poetic Edda 45Poetic Edda 46Poetic Edda 47Poetic Edda 48Poetic Edda 49Poetic Edda 50Poetic Edda 51Poetic Edda 52Poetic Edda 53Poetic Edda 54Poetic Edda 55Poetic Edda 56Poetic Edda 57Poetic Edda 58Poetic Edda 59Poetic Edda 60Poetic Edda 61Poetic Edda 62Poetic Edda 63Poetic Edda 64Poetic Edda 65Poetic Edda 66Poetic Edda 67Poetic Edda 68Poetic Edda 69Poetic Edda 70Poetic Edda 71Poetic Edda 72Poetic Edda 73Poetic Edda 74Poetic Edda 75Poetic Edda 76Poetic Edda 77Poetic Edda 78Poetic Edda 79Poetic Edda 80Poetic Edda 81Poetic Edda 82Poetic Edda 83Poetic Edda 84Poetic Edda 85Poetic Edda 86›(Vi)Poetic Edda 46ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Helgi took Sigrun to wife, and they had sons. Helgi did not reach old age. Dag, the son of Hogni, offered sacrifice to Othin to be avenged for his father’s death; Othin gave Dag his spear. Dag found Helgi, his brother-in-law, at a place which is called Fjoturlund. He thrust the spear through Helgi’s body. Then Helgi fell, and Dag rode to Sevafjoll and told Sigrun the tidings: 228. “Sad am I, sister, | sorrow to tell thee, Woe to my kin | unwilling I worked; In the morn there fell | at Fjoturlund The noblest prince | the world has known, (And his heel he set | on the heroes’ necks.)” 329. “Now may every | oath thee bite That with Helgi | sworn thou hast, By the water | bright of Leipt, And the ice-cold | stone of Uth. 430. “The ship shall sail not | in which thou sailest, Though a favoring wind | shall follow after; The horse shall run not | whereon thou ridest, Though fain thou art | thy foe to flee. 531. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . “The sword shall bite not | which thou bearest, Till thy head itself | it sings about. 632. “Vengeance were mine | for Helgi’s murder, Wert thou a wolf | in the woods without, Possessing nought | and knowing no joy, Having no food | save corpses to feed on.” 733. “Mad art thou, sister, | and wild of mind, Such a curse | on thy brother to cast; Othin is ruler | of every ill, Who sunders kin | with runes of spite. 834. “Thy brother rings | so red will give thee, All Vandilsve | and Vigdalir; Take half my land | to pay the harm, Ring-decked maid, | and as meed for thy sons.” 935. “I shall sit not happy | at Sevafjoll, Early or late, | my life to love, If the light cannot show, | in the leader’s band, Vigblær bearing him | back to his home, (The golden-bitted; | I shall greet him never.) 1036. “Such the fear | that Helgi’s foes Ever felt, | and all their kin, As makes the goats | with terror mad Run from the wolf | among the rocks. 1137. “Helgi rose | above heroes all Like the lofty ash | above lowly thorns, Or the noble stag, | with dew besprinkled, Bearing his head | above all beasts, (And his horns gleam bright | to heaven itself.)” 12A hill was made in Helgi’s memory. And when he came to Valhall, then Othin bade him rule over everything with himself. ‹Previous chapterPoetic Edda 45Next chapterPoetic Edda 47›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg